Shortarse Question

Yes I did

 

and ?

 

They thanked him for his opinion and quietly walked away...

 

I doubt we will hear the truth .

 

I am here telling you what I did, that is enough information for you to know

 

Nah your are wrong

 

Okay, then you are saying that I am wrong with what I claim to have said,
were you there when I told them ?

Or are you saying I am wrong because you are claiming that there was no-one
called Tiny?

 

Who's Tiny? You referred to a bloke called Shorty...

 

Told you Old timers disease would set it one day

 

I said you are wrong because there is not enough information for me ,
none of the other trouble making paranioa is applicable

 

Check the Short Bikers List
http://www.nebcom.com/noemi/moto/sbl.sbl.html

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Nah, I knew Tiny. At rally's he was always the anchor man in the tug-o-war.

Theo

 

I still know Shorty. Thin bloke, rides an ex-police Honda ST1100.

Theo

 

My current crew is three blokes sized from 5'3" to 5'. Amused the blokes
at the main station no end the other day when leaving, when I waved
my crew out the door and said, "C'mon kids, let's go..."

 

Perhaps some butt kicking might help ?

 

Thanks for that, Theo. I was actually quite surprised when I did my
preliminary searches that Suzuki doesn't appear to have a 250 in Australia
any more (having had a GSXA-250 several years ago myself, I thought it
would've been the perfect learner's bike for her).

Not that I'd want to invest in a brand new bike for her at this stage, but
I'll have to take her for a "fitting" session on the 500.

Yes... She sat on an Aprilia at one of the dealers we visited 'n instantly
said "I'll take this one." Who says girls don't acquire bad traits from
their mothers?

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Dunno 'bout that... As I've kept saying to her, it's far easier to get
through life as a short girl than as a short bloke.

But WRT bikes, you're quite right. And that comment comes from a bloke who
switched to cruisers mainly because of the guaranteed "flat-footedness"
factor.

We did find a little motard thingy called a "Munster," which she'd have
flat-footed easily. Problem is though, with a ~55Km/h top speed, it wouldn't
exactly be prudent for her to ride it to Uni & back along the motorway.

And we also noticed in trying both of Kwaka's 250cc sports offerings that
the ZZR250, despite being a couple of centimetres taller seat-wise on paper,
was actually easier for her to hold than the GPX250 - the different seat
"cut" makes quite a bit of difference.

We've already tried the Hyosung, but sharing the same frame as its
larger-engined sibling, it's too tall & wide for her. She was quite happy
with the Honda CBR we came across (except for the ridiculous "boy racer"
paint scheme); might have to go hunting for a VTR to try for fit.

Many thanks for your offerings of insight

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Bah... Wait 'til you get to my age, then we'll see if you've still got the
same attitude

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I don't think that has anything to do with age, but rather from having
children - they exact a much greater toll on us than we could ever imagine,
I'm sure!

Yep, as we both noticed the CBR250 she sat on seemed to be quite a good fit
(well about as good as she can expect).

But I'll have to be blunt 'n ask here; you don't have to reply publicly if
you don't want to, but... Did you drop your GPX during that first year?

My daughter's leaning strongly toward fully-faired bikes, yet I'm having
nightmares of a cracked fairing being more expensive to repair than the bike
would be to replace.

Erm... No comment! And unlike some others here, I won't be offering to do an
inside-leg-measurement comparison; I'm struggling to keep a gentlemanly
facade going as it is

Confidence is good, but there's a fine line 'tween confidence and cockiness.
As I've tried to continuously enforce in my older two children's minds, it's
best to have at least /some/ trepidation whilst in control of a motor
vehicle; otherwise you'll (especially at their age) end up taking precisely
the risks you shouldn't.

From what I've seen, it looks damned tempting - and I'm thankful that for
the time being at least she hasn't seen it, as I'm sure she'd instantly fall
in lust with it. As someone else mentioned here though, I'm not entirely
convinced it'd have enough grunt to pull out of hairy situations; despite
the fact that she's as light as a feather, I know first hand how gnarly it
can be when you know you can't pull out of a tight spot and have to rely on
emergency braking to save your backside.

Personality-wise, very strong and confident. But she's yet to do her
pre-learner's course, so confidence as a rider is still a long way off.

Mon grats for your comments

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Yep, just waiting in line; it's rather surprising how far ahead you have to
book at this time o' the year when you'd think relatively few people would
be learning to ride.

I do hope so; I had to contend with a Daelim 125 "semi cruiser" during my
licensing sessions; it was the only bike I've ever ridden (including the
50cc moped I had as a kid) that I had to physically push off from a standing
start with my feet.

Awww come now, she's a girl, and those things're bright 'n shiny; how could
she possibly resist? ;-)

Actually she couldn't stand the garish "racing" paint job on the CBR250 she
sat on, but she does have a thing for the Baby Blade's red paint job.

Yep.

Lucky for her she's still young 'n flexible enough to be able to arc her
neck back without the discomfort we old folk fee in the same position (or
maybe it's just subliminal homophobia that keeps telling me "head down arse
up" isn't a natural position for a bloke? )

Thanks for your comments

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